Wednesday 14 May 2014

My baby is a year old today :) :)

The day is clearly etched in my memory. 14th May 2013 it was. The day my baby came into my life after a lot of pushing and efforts. Hard work it was. More mental, than physical. I was literally nagged into bringing it to life by well-wishers. So damn afraid I was. How would things happen? How will everything work after its
arrival? I mean everything changes once you have a new entity to take care of. I mean, what’s the point of bringing a new being into existence with so much passion and then what if you don’t nurture it properly. Such and a whole gamut of questions popped inside my head.

And then the day arrived. The labour had begun. Confusion, patience and a lot of efforts later, my baby came to life. I could see it. Ah.. that amazing feeling. I was literally walking in air. Happiness visible in my eyes!! I never thought in my dreams that the puppy love affair which started in teens would eventually develop into a passionate relationship and finally consummate into bringing my baby to this world. If happiness was just a ‘petal’, I was experiencing full blown spring. Such was its impact on me.

Gosh, I was so damn careful in handling it in the initial days. I didn’t know what to do when others came around to have a look. How do I behave? How was I supposed to make them feel?

But, such a proud parent I felt when somebody would come to see my baby. When they said something good, I beamed. I basked in the glory seeing my baby grow day by day, seeing the love and affection of people around. When somebody would ask me, how my baby was doing, I would run out of words describing what happiness my baby and I were going through.

I kept a check on my baby every now and then. You could say I was obsessed. I don’t know if all parents are this way, but I was.

And then there were the grey days. Days when nothing in life seemed to be going right. Days when disappointment touched the shores of my soul. And on such gloomy days, one look at my baby would bring smile on my parched lips. I felt so connected to it. My baby. My reason to smile.

And through this journey, I also mingled around with fellow parents. Came across with some great ones! I tried to learn from them seeing how they handled their babies. Some were so successful in gathering so much adulation from one and all around. I so adored them. I wanted my baby to be as successful as them. But, ofcourse, my baby was my baby and I had my own way of handling it and nurturing it. I learnt my own path and kept on walking.

A year it has been! Twelve months of pure bliss. My baby is growing up to become so adorable. I love the adulation being showered on my child. Thankful I am to all those who have been around. Friends, so amazing I have made in this journey. Friends who are great support. Friends who love to drop in and say hello to me and my baby! I can’t even describe the happiness I feel when I have those friends around, motivating me to do better and adulating the baby.

I can go on and on about it. Any parent can. But yes, I noticed, I haven’t mentioned the name of my baby yet. I deliberated a lot on it while naming. And after thinking and re-thinking and consulting and discussing, I named it ‘Dreams and Dimensions’. Do keep showering your love on us. <3 <3 <3

 P.S. - I also wrote a poetic version for ‘My Baby’. You can read it here


60 comments:

  1. Congratulations Jyotsna! ^.^ told you I wont forget the blog birthday ;) :D

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    1. Thanks babes!! Yep. I knew you wouldn't forget :* :*

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  2. Congrats Jyotsna on the completion of one year of your 'baby',May your Dreams and Dimensions grow by leaps and bound and bring you name and fame. Best of luck.

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    1. Thank you so much Usha Ma'am for your encouragement and love :)

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  3. hahah happy Birthday to you Bloggie baby.. I hear that my baby and your baby are good friends!! Actually my baby stalks on ur baby!

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    1. Thanks babes. Oh my baby loves your baby too and stalks back ;)

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  4. Wow Jyotsna...I wouldn't have imagined it was your blog that you were talking about till the end.It did sound like a beaming mother narrating her story of motherhood! Happy birthday to your bloggie baby :)...lots a a good wishes for its future.

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    1. Thanks Vinodini for all the encouraging and beautiful comments you leave here everytime you visit. :)

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  5. Happy Blogiversary to you Jyotsna and D&D. May you have a long long life. :)

    My bloggie baby will turn 7 day-after-tomorrow :)

    Cheers
    CRD

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  6. Congratulations, Jyotsna! Here's wishing you many many more years of happiness and joy and unbounded love with your baby :)

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  7. Happy birthday to your bloggy baby Jyotsna, that way our kids were born just a day apart :-)

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  8. Happy happy birthday to your baby. I love her, you know! :D

    To hundred more years of dreams and dimensions! :)

    Lots of love and luck. <3

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    1. Yes Soumya, I know you love her and I love yours equally. Thanks a lot babes. Its lovely to have you around :)

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  9. Happy Blogoversary Dear :) All the best for all your future endeavours!

    Regards,
    Sindhu
    Tantu
    The Arts & Me

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  10. Happy Blogiversary to you :))

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  11. What a wonderful post and tribute to your blog/baby! You had me going there for a while...I'm a bit slow on the uptake, LOL! Congratulations on creating such a fun space to visit!

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    1. Thanks a lot Stephanie. Its lovely to have you here everytime !!

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  12. That's really the baby's name? I'm thinking he or she's going to have a horrible time at school; but then I read other's comments and see you weren't talking about giving birth...

    Happy Anniversary. I'm road tripping and have continued the blogging a-z style in May.

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  13. Congrats and all the best. It's an exciting moment to realise that one is growing up as a writer.

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    1. Thank you so much Tomichan Sir. It indeed is exciting to grow as a writer :)

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  14. Wow, congrats, best wishes for your blog and your future.

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  15. Happy bday to ur baby and congrats to u ! I am sure u wud hav done a grt job in nurturing it. Wish her long life and god bless u both
    Congos on finishing a to z as well

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    1. Thanks a lot Afshan :) Glad to have you here !!

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  16. happy birthday .. and many happy returns of the day.. I rememebr i was equally excited for the first year of mine :)
    heres wishing many many more years to come full of love and happiness :)

    Bikram

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    1. Thanks a lot for being here everytime Bikram :)

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  17. Congratulations!! You have a wonderful blog ! Keep going, be proud and here's to many more:-) !

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    1. Thank you so much Eli. Glad to have you here :)

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  18. congratulations!!! you brought up your baby so well!!

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  19. Congratulations Jyotsna..Keep your blog shining!!

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  20. Congrats Jyots for your baby's 1st year anniversary. Hope you would have started solid food by now. I too celebrated recently.

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    1. Thanks Fayaz. And congratulations to you too !!

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  21. Congrats dear ..... keep blogging :)

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  22. Congratulations Jyotsna! I feel every parent must have felt this way the way you have written beautifully about your blog! :) Beautifully expressed!!!

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    1. Thank you Shesha. I agree, all bloggers feel that way :)

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  23. Congratulations jyotsna! I literally thought as if u are talking about your baby and was thinking why u didnt u mention if it's a boy or girl....and what's the name until I landed the last para! Wonderful post!

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    1. Thanks a lot Hemant. Glad you liked the post. Lovely to have you here :)

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  24. Happy Birthday to your blog. I am so glad I came across your blog one fine day, else I wouldn't have got such a wonderful friend like you :-)

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    1. Thanks a lot Sinha. Glad that you found my blog. Else, even I wouldn't have got an amazing friend like you :) :)

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  25. Happy birthday to your baby... !! Great going dear!! :)

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  26. Congratulations. It's such an honest post that for a moment, I thought you were talking about your kid. Then I thought, now she is not married yet, she surely doesn't have a baby. :)

    I can relate to your feelings. :)

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    1. Lol. Thanks Saru. I guess, we bloggers just love our babies ;)

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  27. Congratulations, Jyotsna, on this past year, and on this beautiful piece of writing! Happy Anniversary! Four years on, and I am still just as obsessed about my blog as at the first-year anniversary. And to be honest, you fooled me, too; I was sure you were talking about a "real" baby. Have just discovered Dreams and Dimensions!! through the post-Challenge Road Trip, and look forward to returning. From your near-namesake, Josna

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    1. Thanks a lot for visiting near-namesake ;) Glad to have you here. Thanks lot for your wishes :) :) I am sure I am going to be equally excited on my blog's every birthday the way I am for the first one !!

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  28. hey!!!
    For the 1st time, I am hosting a Fruity Friday a Linky Party and I am inviting you in my 1st initiative for blogger, which will give the platform to share your multiple blogs with other aspirant & professional bloggers and get unbiased feedback on them.

    Regards
    a gal in city

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  29. A bit late, but better late than never, so here' s wishing your dreams, a multitude of dimensions !! Happy Birthday, Dreams n Dimensions !! :)

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    1. I just love your comment Sreeja. Thanks a lot dear :)

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